husband of 1st) Lavenia Foote (1829-1849) shows to be buried in Old Millwood Cemetery, Collin Co, TX, according to Ancestry.com; 2nd) Susan E Sanders 1832 - 1869); 3rd) Emaline (Douglas) Helmstetler∼h/o Lavenia Foote (Married: 3 Aug 1843)
Children: Elizabeth Jane, William, Mary Katherine (Helmstettler) Thurmond
h/o Elizabeth Susan Sanders (Married: 1 Jul 1952)
Children: James Miles, Martha Alice (Helmstettler) Farris, Marandorah/Madora (Helmstettler) Sims, Marandia (Helmstettler) Reece, George H.
h/o Emeline Douglas (Married: 14 Jun 1877)
Children: Infant Son 1, Infant Son 2, Lavina Myrtle (Helmstettler) Bowman, Infant Son 3, Denton, Jr.
Denton Helmstetler and Jimmie Smith put in a tread mill run with oxen and created the town of Millwood, Texas for the Mill. He was a Confederate soldier. After a battle in 1862, some Yankee soldiers found about a dozen of them and killed all of the Southern men while they were begging for their lives. Denton rolled into a thicket against a tree . The next morning he woke up and found he was near a road. He was picked up by Dan Graham and returned home to Millwood, Texas. When he recovered, he went back to war.
Denton Helmstetler received a patent of land of 496 acres from the State of Texas, Aug. 18. 1856, recorded in Vol. 14, page 50, in deed records of Collin County, Texas. This was the beginning of Millwood, Texas. At one time, it was a thriving town. The businesses have all disappeared. The cemetery still remains.
SOURCE: A History of Nevada TX written by Grace Evans and published in 1966 (page 294)
Contributor: Janet Caldwell Harris (50902922)
Children: Elizabeth Jane, William, Mary Katherine (Helmstettler) Thurmond
h/o Elizabeth Susan Sanders (Married: 1 Jul 1952)
Children: James Miles, Martha Alice (Helmstettler) Farris, Marandorah/Madora (Helmstettler) Sims, Marandia (Helmstettler) Reece, George H.
h/o Emeline Douglas (Married: 14 Jun 1877)
Children: Infant Son 1, Infant Son 2, Lavina Myrtle (Helmstettler) Bowman, Infant Son 3, Denton, Jr.
Denton Helmstetler and Jimmie Smith put in a tread mill run with oxen and created the town of Millwood, Texas for the Mill. He was a Confederate soldier. After a battle in 1862, some Yankee soldiers found about a dozen of them and killed all of the Southern men while they were begging for their lives. Denton rolled into a thicket against a tree . The next morning he woke up and found he was near a road. He was picked up by Dan Graham and returned home to Millwood, Texas. When he recovered, he went back to war.
Denton Helmstetler received a patent of land of 496 acres from the State of Texas, Aug. 18. 1856, recorded in Vol. 14, page 50, in deed records of Collin County, Texas. This was the beginning of Millwood, Texas. At one time, it was a thriving town. The businesses have all disappeared. The cemetery still remains.
SOURCE: A History of Nevada TX written by Grace Evans and published in 1966 (page 294)
Contributor: Janet Caldwell Harris (50902922)
husband of 1st) Lavenia Foote (1829-1849) shows to be buried in Old Millwood Cemetery, Collin Co, TX, according to Ancestry.com; 2nd) Susan E Sanders 1832 - 1869); 3rd) Emaline (Douglas) Helmstetler∼h/o Lavenia Foote (Married: 3 Aug 1843)
Children: Elizabeth Jane, William, Mary Katherine (Helmstettler) Thurmond
h/o Elizabeth Susan Sanders (Married: 1 Jul 1952)
Children: James Miles, Martha Alice (Helmstettler) Farris, Marandorah/Madora (Helmstettler) Sims, Marandia (Helmstettler) Reece, George H.
h/o Emeline Douglas (Married: 14 Jun 1877)
Children: Infant Son 1, Infant Son 2, Lavina Myrtle (Helmstettler) Bowman, Infant Son 3, Denton, Jr.
Denton Helmstetler and Jimmie Smith put in a tread mill run with oxen and created the town of Millwood, Texas for the Mill. He was a Confederate soldier. After a battle in 1862, some Yankee soldiers found about a dozen of them and killed all of the Southern men while they were begging for their lives. Denton rolled into a thicket against a tree . The next morning he woke up and found he was near a road. He was picked up by Dan Graham and returned home to Millwood, Texas. When he recovered, he went back to war.
Denton Helmstetler received a patent of land of 496 acres from the State of Texas, Aug. 18. 1856, recorded in Vol. 14, page 50, in deed records of Collin County, Texas. This was the beginning of Millwood, Texas. At one time, it was a thriving town. The businesses have all disappeared. The cemetery still remains.
SOURCE: A History of Nevada TX written by Grace Evans and published in 1966 (page 294)
Contributor: Janet Caldwell Harris (50902922)
Children: Elizabeth Jane, William, Mary Katherine (Helmstettler) Thurmond
h/o Elizabeth Susan Sanders (Married: 1 Jul 1952)
Children: James Miles, Martha Alice (Helmstettler) Farris, Marandorah/Madora (Helmstettler) Sims, Marandia (Helmstettler) Reece, George H.
h/o Emeline Douglas (Married: 14 Jun 1877)
Children: Infant Son 1, Infant Son 2, Lavina Myrtle (Helmstettler) Bowman, Infant Son 3, Denton, Jr.
Denton Helmstetler and Jimmie Smith put in a tread mill run with oxen and created the town of Millwood, Texas for the Mill. He was a Confederate soldier. After a battle in 1862, some Yankee soldiers found about a dozen of them and killed all of the Southern men while they were begging for their lives. Denton rolled into a thicket against a tree . The next morning he woke up and found he was near a road. He was picked up by Dan Graham and returned home to Millwood, Texas. When he recovered, he went back to war.
Denton Helmstetler received a patent of land of 496 acres from the State of Texas, Aug. 18. 1856, recorded in Vol. 14, page 50, in deed records of Collin County, Texas. This was the beginning of Millwood, Texas. At one time, it was a thriving town. The businesses have all disappeared. The cemetery still remains.
SOURCE: A History of Nevada TX written by Grace Evans and published in 1966 (page 294)
Contributor: Janet Caldwell Harris (50902922)
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